Complete History of AS Clan

Welcome to the Apocalypse Survivors History. The clan has gone through quite a change and is headed in a new direction thanks to the new Apocalypse team: [AS]_BlueFlame, [AS]_R2dFus1on, [AS]_SpyderBlk, and [AS]_commander. These 3 members may as well be awarded the Apocalypse Legend award. The last time something like this happened was in the year of 2005 when a young [AS]_thunder79 first joined [AS] with a record of 172-217 and with his help the clan grew into a powerhouse of a clan. We hope the four mentioned above that this clan will prosper once again like it did in 2005. We realize the times have changed and there are less people playing Rise of Nations in 2008 than there were in 2005 but it will just show how good of a family that [AS] can become with a tightly friendly group of people called the Apocalypse Survivors. [AS] is now a Standard, Nomad, And Nomad Expensive Tech Clan. We now only recruit the best, have fun playing together, and work as a team to get a win. We don't quit on our teammates so if you get an [AS] on your team you know you won't have to worry about them quitting. We're friendly (for the most part) with the community and try to bring respect to all people playing the game including clans and freelancers alike. If someone is being rude to us we don't screw around and yell back we will right click and ignore them so not to cause a fuss. We're 100% loyal to our clan and nothing less! We're the Apocalypse Survivors! Below is the history from the beginning to the present. Below the history is the Apocalypse Survivors Story.

Our history starts off in November of 2004. [AS]_BlueFlame as we know  never existed nor did the clan tag that is in front of the name to begin with. On November 22, 2004 [AS]_BlueFlame an unknown noob called Hake was looking for a clan to join on Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. He first decided he wanted to join the Army of Isengard (AoI) clan but instead found people he liked in the All For One (AFO) clan. That day he asked the leader _AFO_Pondguy if he could join AFO, and he got rejected. Angered by this Hake decided he wanted to create his own clan. On November 23, 2004 Hake went to class at his High School. His friend known as BlazingDragon15 on Xbox Live got together with Hake in a free period and tried coming up with different types of names for a clan on Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. After going through a list of about 20 different names one jumped out to Hake. BlazingDragon15 came up with the name Apocalypse Survivors which was named after the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse which came out on DVD not that long ago. When Hake got home he went on Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots where he met one of his friends from a couple days before and his name was SOVIET. SOVIET and Hake decided they wanted to create this clan but they needed help. Neither one of them knew what they were doing in the first place! Neither one of them even knew what the clan tag was going to be and neither one knew how AS was going to get a website. Then Hake played a 2v2 standard game against 2 AOF members: [AOF]_Belligerent and [AOF]_Explosion. Hake and his teammate were brutally crushed almost immediately. AOF wasn't a bad clan and was known as an intermediate clan at that time. After the game Hake and Belligerent became friends and then an alliance formed soon thereafter. Then on November 24, 2004,  SOVIET and Hake then decided to create [AS]_ and came up with the tag together. They then created a Freewebs website and made that the official website of the Apocalypse Survivors. [AS]_SOVIET and [AS]_Hake now had a clan on Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. All they had to do now was to recruit more members and expand the Apocalypse Survivors to become an even bigger clan, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. After recruiting a few new members [AS] had about 10 members which weren't the greatest players in Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots but it was a clan. By now the relationship between [AS] and AOF had grown into an amazing alliance. On November 27, 2004 the time came where [AS]_Hake decided that he wanted to be in the same clan as his fellow AOF friends and in doing so asked [AOF]_Belligerent and [AOF]_Explosion if they wanted to merge the AOF clan into the Apocalypse Survivors. [AOF]_Belligerent and [AOF]_Explosion almost immediately said yes and the Apocalypse Survivors grew to about 14 members, and finally had some intermediate players. [AOF]_Belligerent had a web server and had created a website for the AOF clan. He decided that he would convert the AOF site into the Apocalypse Survivors website. A couple weeks later [AS]_Belligerent disappeared not to be heard from for a year later and [AS]_SOVIET one of the founders followed a couple weeks later. A week later [AS]_Hake decided he needed a new name. He couldn't think of anything he'd like until he decided he would combine his favorite color with something every kid thinks is cool...FIRE! [AS]_Hake then turned into [AS]_BlueFlame. In the next few months [AS] thrived with all the members that it was getting but no one expected or would have guessed what would happen in its future. The year of 2005 would turn into one of the biggest years the young clan would endure.  In May of 2005 [AS] gained about 33 members, but now it was time for the young clan to shape up and start recruiting better skilled players. [AS]_BlueFlame started this by recruiting Blaze, a young National Guard soldier from Florida. [AS]_Blaze was one of the best the [AS] clan had ever seen. He was a strong intermediate player. He helped the clan turn around as the 33 noob members [AS] had started to diminish which was caused by inactivity. The numbers of [AS] dropped to about 6-9 members. [AS]_Blaze a Co-Leader at the time helped get the [AS] name out there. He recruited good members such as BT_luna. In June a good intermediate clan called the [Dark] clan emerged. [AS] seized the opportunity it was looking for and asked the leader [Dark]_Final_Conqueor if he would consider merging his clan with the Apocalypse Survivors. He agreed and [AS] gained about 8-10 members, and was back in business. From here on the Apocalypse Survivors turned from a noob clan into an intermediate clan. Although not one of the best the Apocalypse Survivors was a pretty strong clan competing with AoI, RU, KIWI, DA (which [AS]_BlueFlame helped the founder {-DA-}Scorpion create), FSF, AU, and a few others. FSF had a tourney called MoR: Masters of RON which was a popular standard tournament for clans. [AS] never competed in this as they didn't feel as though they were strong enough to compete. In July of 2005 two things happened, one good, and one bad. [AS] picked up one of its best members yet, thunder79. Thunder79 was a tough and talented standard player in which helped the [AS] clan turn into a force to be messed with! On the other note however, [AS]_Explosion was getting angry with the way [AS] was being run and in turn [AS] had a civil war. The two allies and friends of 2004 turned into enemies in control of the [AS] clan and [AS]_BlueFlame eventually came out victorious and [AS]_Explosion was banned/booted from the Apocalypse Survivors. He then disappeared for about a month. As things in [AS] settled down with Explosion gone the Apocalypse Survivors went back to recruiting intermediates and skilled players. A few attempts were made to create an [AS] Tourney but all attempts failed. In September of 2005 [AOF] and Explosion reemerged as an enemy of the Apocalypse Survivors. It was a "fun" rivalry and soon under [AOF]_Explosion's leadership the Army of Freedom clan came back from the ashes and emerged challenging the clan that he helped create. [AS] and [AOF] had their first clan war in which [AS]_BlueFlame and [AS]_party_kid took on [AOF]_Killa and [AOF]_KINGSLAYER. The battle was intense but [AS]_BlueFlame and [AS]_party_kid crushed the AOF clan easily. With the crushing defeat [AOF]_Explosion lost control of his clan and was booted from the clan he once led proudly. The Army of Freedom clan had done what the Apocalypse Survivors did, kicked their leader out for good. Explosion, clanless and alone decided to quit playing RON altogether and left for about 6-8 months. In those 6-8 months [AS] was moving up the ladder with every win [AS]_Blaze and [AS]_thunder79 got, but suddenly some of the noobs of the Apocalypse Survivors clan started to emerge as one of the better players. [AS]_BT_luna, [AS]_MECA, [AS]_clockWorkOrange, [AS]_R2DFus1on, [AS]_MESA1492, [AS]_blacknorth1, and [AS]_voron. These players helped bring [AS] to the top 10 experienced clans. In August however, [AS] lost one of its elite players when [AS]_Blaze's National Guard unit was dispatched to Afghanistan. [AS] was hit hard and literally lost a legend. Around November of 2005 [AS] decided they wanted to try and participate in the 2006 Season of MoR. [AS]_BlueFlame signed the clan up and in April of 2006 the hopeful Apocalypse Survivors pulled out of the tourney not playing one tourney game.

In June of 2006 [AOF]_Explosion reemerged once again vowing to get his revenge on the Apocalypse Survivors. The Apocalypse Survivors destroyed the AOF that booted Explosion out of that clan and Explosion decided to rebuild his lost clan. He recreated his Army of Freedom but failed to ruin the strong Apocalypse Survivors clan. The Apocalypse Survivors plowed Explosion and his Army of Freedom clan but Explosion didn't give up. He continued to run AOF with 6-8 members and in 2007 the Apocalypse Survivors crushed and defeated the Army of Freedom clan once again in another killer clan battle which left Explosion clanless once again. He then left Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots once again and then reemerged again in the fall of 2007. Let's backtrack a little bit. Back to July of 2007 the Apocalypse Survivors future seemed grim with the old members going inactive and not playing as much. It seemed as though the Apocalypse Survivors were dead with only 2-4 active clan members [AS]_BlueFlame decided to disband the Apocalypse Survivors. The FSF clan had built an excellent relationship with the Apocalypse Survivors leader and decided to let him join. _FSF_Godfather was the Fish Stick Foundation's leader at that time. _FSF_Mikey and _FSF_Godfather were both good friends of [AS]_BlueFlame and thus [AS]_BlueFlame turned into _FSF_BlueFlame. About a month later civil war broke out in FSF. I don't know the details too well so i don't want to tell the wrong story. All I know is that _FSF_Godfather and _FSF_Zornmeister didn't agree on how the clan should be run and _FSF_Godfather left the _FSF_ clan to start his own clan on a game that was coming out for PC. Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. _FSF_BlueFlame followed _FSF_Godfather and left with him joining _FSF_Godfathers new clan LR. When RoL finally came out it lost popularity quickly. LR_BlueFlame left and decided to go back to the game he loved most: Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. He then joined the ElitE clan in which he had made friends while being in [AS]. Soon civil war once again broke out in the clan BlueFlame was in and once again it was between the leaders. I also don't quite know what happened so I won't completely tell it. All i know is [ElitE]_El_Che and [ElitE]_Omega didn't agree with things and Omega left with a couple of his followers hurting the already dying clan ElitE. A few weeks later [ElitE]_El_Che and [ElitE]_Flep decided they wanted to change the clan name and had a vote on it. The ElitE clan changed to AW. [ElitE]_BlueFlame refused to change his tag to AW and stayed in the ElitE clan until a few old [AS] members saw what was going on. They quickly convinced [ElitE]_BlueFlame to abandon the ElitE clan and to remake the Apocalypse Survivors. In the next few weeks things were bad for the Apocalypse Survivors clan. It was hard convincing the old members that [AS]_BlueFlame was serious about not betraying them again like he did when the clan was dieing. He vowed to NEVER REMOVE THE [AS]_ tag from his name ever again. [AS]_BlueFlame is an Apocalypse Survivor for life. Never again would he abandon his clan in its desperate time of need. It was also hard rebuilding the clan from nothing back to something. [AS]_thunder79 was around but wasn't around enough and eventually disappeared. [AS]_BlueFlame was once again on his own as a leader and got a noob group thinking that the Apocalypse Survivors started as a noob clan back in 2004 and they turned into an intermediate/expert clan in just a few years, and thought it would happen again. He was DEAD WRONG! [AS] grew a bad reputation of being a noob clan once again and it stuck. Being that [AS]_BlueFlame decided to kick a few of the noobs and had some intermediate players he knew to recruit for him. It eventually worked and the Apocalypse Survivors, although shakey, were starting to make a comeback. The clan still struggled until they recruited [AS]_TanTan and [AS]_Guage. [AS]_TanTan helped recruit a few good players to get [AS] back on its feet. A young clan called the RazRs emerged as a good standard clan. In about 3-5 months [AS] and RazR merged into [AS]. [AS] finally got the break it needed, but when the RazR clan broke away from the [AS] clan it hurt. However, the Apocalypse Survivors gained the person  they desperately needed: [AS]_Volksgrenadier. In the months to come the Apocalypse Survivors clan would gain talented members such as [AS]_commander, [AS]_Porn_Star([AS]_Stpuggy), [AS]_marshal, [AS]_Macman, [AS]_Morgoth, [AS]_Convoy, [AS]_Kit_Kat, [AS]_GlassPassenger (which was an old player from 2005), [AS]_SpyderBlk, [AS]_Meny, [AS]_Carpe, and [AS]_Trees44. Remember when I mentioned [AOF]_Explosion coming back in the fall? He came back in the fall of 2007 to rebuild the Army of Freedom clan once again recruiting [AOF]_Wolf, [AOF]_Jin, [AOF]_Sarhara_Joon, and [AOF]_Insert. This time [AOF]_Explosion got his revenge and dominated the Apocalypse Survivors. Stunned and confused, the Apocalypse Survivors went into a verbal fight with [AOF]_Explosion for about 5-8 months. On Saturday, March 1, 2008 the Apocalypse Survivors once and for all took over the Army of Freedom clan. Explosion once again disappears. The Apocalypse Survivors have about 30+ members and decide to get rid of some of the noobs and decide to cut 22 noobs from the roster. An angered member goes and creates the AoE clan vowing to destroy [AS]. The [AS] clan attacks and plows through dominating the AoE clan. In a 1v1 [AS]_BlueFlame vs [AoE]_Dark_Demon decides the future of [AS] and AoE. If [AS] wins AoE is [AS] property and AoE is put to an end. If AoE wins [AS] is AoE property and [AS] is put to an end. The battle was intense but [AS]_BlueFlame came out on top destroying the AoE clan and [AoE]_Dark_Demon disappears for good. Then Explosion once again reappears demanding the return of AOF on April 26, 2008. [AS] Releases the rights to AOF. AOF comes back in which a 1v1 between [AS]_BlazingDragon and [AOF]_Explosion is played. [AOF]_Explosion comes out victorious. [AS] sticks up for its member who lost however and the Apocalypse Survivors enter World of Warcraft challenging [AOF]_Explosion to bring his mighty clan with them. He accepts then fails. On May 27, 2008 a new Apocalypse Legend must be voted in. The Apocalypse Survivors pick their leader and founder [AS]_BlueFlame on April 30, 2008.

In January of 2008 a new clan the 7GK (Seven Guardian Knights) emerged. This clan is created by the merge of a colony clan the Apocalypse Survivors helped [RF]KnightnArmor lead. He did with good success and merged with the successful 7GK clan. On May 31, 2008 Army of Freedom leader [AOF]_Explosion stepped down as leader because of a no show loss to the Apocalypse Survivors in another clan battle. He then joins the 7GK clan but without knowing [-7GK-]-Dark-DeityKnight007 and [AS]_BlueFlame find out [AOF]_Explosion is plotting inside of 7GK to turn 7GK against the Apocalypse Survivors and tried to start a civil war. He fails and gets banned from the 7GK clan. He restates the AOF clan and recruits {UOE}the_king, [AOF]_TanTan (who was an ex [AS]). He starts a war with both [AS] and 7GK which is quickly quieted down by [AOF]_Explosion himself with a Cease Fire on June 6, 2008. A few weeks later the clan battle ceases to exist with the disappearance of AOF and Explosion. Explosion reappears again in early August and starts up the war once again where he left off. AOF declares war on the Russian Federation (RF Clan) and they go to war 2 weeks before the AS vs AOF clan war. This time both clans would play for keeps. In the war between AOF and RF AOF wins 3-2 and RF becomes an AOF colony clan. 2 weeks later [AS]_commander logs into the lobby for the AS vs AOF clan war and there are no AOF's online. AOF forfeits and the Apocalypse Survivors obtain AOF and RF as it's colony clans. Now AOF and RF remain the AS colony clans and all content, websites, ranks, recruitment, training, and management of AOF and RF are under AS control. On October 4, 2008 at 7pm central standard time (-6 GMT) AOF and RF can revolt against the Apocalypse Survivors to win their freedom. If they lose they remain under AS control for another 2 weeks. Neither clan attacks. On Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 6:09 pm central standard time the Legendary Knights are created by Explosion.

The Apocalypse Survivors continue to hold RF and AOF as colony clans and [AS]_Macman is selected to head recruiting and training for AOF. [AS]_commander volunteers to do the same for RF. In December of 2008 [AS]_BlueFlame became inactive due to a computer issue and was unable to make contact with the Apocalypse Survivors until early January. [AS]_Macman and [AS]_GlassPassenger take control in the absence and overhaul the website. They create picture links, banners, and other graphics. The Apocalypse Survivors website is totally transformed overnight into one of the best clan websites on RON. On Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 01:16 am Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) [AS]_GlassPassenger proposes an [AS] Monthly be created: [AS]_GlassPassenger: Just a thought, but why not create some mailing list of crap we put together once a month? Thus the [AS] Monthly was created. [AS]_Macman made recorded games available for download around the same time with his iDisk. On January 30, 2009 at 1:16pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) [AS]_BlueFlame returns and reclaims his leadership of the Apocalypse Survivors. On February 2, 2009 the Apocalypse Visitor Map and Counter was installed. On February 4, 2009 Explosion returns and tries to take over the Army of Freedom clan by joining under an alias. He Fails. A loyal member of the Apocalypse Survivors is promoted to Senator: [AS]_Kjir bringing the total of the Senate to the maximum for the first time in clan history. On February 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) the Legendary Knights and Artificial Intelligence Units ally and attack AOF because of the comments that the newly elected AOF President says to AIU. This newly elected President is [AOF]_sam_t. The Apocalypse Survivors being the Mother Clan refuse to help the AOF clan to teach their leadership a lesson. [AS]_Macman disagrees with the Apocalypse Survivors' actions and leaves. On February 24, 2009 at 9:14 pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) the Apocalypse Survivors released the Russian Federation back to it's leader: [RF]KnightNArmor. On February 28, 2009 Explosion did the worst thing possible: insults the Apocalypse Survivors. This insult adds the Apocalypse Survivors to the clan war and on the same day the LK clan withdraw their attack on AOF and [AS]_Macman rejoins the Apocalypse Survivors. In late February the Seven Guardian Knights kick one of their most loyal members; [-7GK-]Forsaken_Knight also known as [-7GK-]Overly-Confident. On March 2, 2009 at 6:50 pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) the Apocalyptic Knights were established by [AK]_Forsaken_Knight, and other 7GK members. On April 3, 2009 a video created by [AS]_GlassPassenger to honor the old and current members was released to the public. In May LK merged with the Apocalyptic Knights and in that same month AK turned on it's protector: the Apocalypse Survivors. This was later to be dismissed because AK was being misguided by Explosion. Explosion was then kicked from AK and banned from the AK clan. On June 4, 2009 at 12:57 pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) Explosion retakes the Apocalypse Survivors' colony clan, Army of Freedom and immediately declares war on [AS] and AK. On June 7, 2009 the Apocalypse Survivors and the Apocalyptic Knights decide to have a fun clan battle for friendly competition and to improve game skills. On June 6, 2009 at 4:34pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) a video tribute to the past, present, and future Apocalypse Survivors was created and released to the public. On June 10, 2009 the LAT clan declared war on the Apocalypse Survivors due to recruiting an arch enemy of the Apocalypse Survivors from the boot of 2007. The next day the LAT clan removes this member and the status between [AS] and LAT become neutral. On June 17, 2009 the Apocalypse Survivors made their second attempt to expand to Xbox Live with the help of appleheadnerd who used to be in AOF, known as [AOF]_sam_t. A few days later [AS]_BlueFlame gets Xbox Live and creates the first [AS] clan on the First Person Shooter, Call of Duty: World at War. [RF]KnightNArmor joins [AS] on Xbox Live the same day as does [RF]darthhawk90. With the help of [AS]DEATHRACER77119 AS has become an established clan on Call of Duty: World at War recruiting a massive amount within a couple of days and creating the Death Brothers consisting of him [AS]DEATHSLAYERVX, and DeathPenalty210. On Halo 3 however, [AS]ASappleheadnerd has established the Apocalypse Survivors winning their first clan war on Xbox Live. Also with the help of [AS]DEATHRACER77119 and his clan (which merged with [AS] taking the [AS] tag) [AS] has also expanded to Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 on Xbox Live. With the reappearance of one of the original Apocalypse Survivors (also the Apocalypse Survivor who helped pick the name: Apocalypse Survivors) has created the Apocalypse Survivors on Steam. Steam is the following: • Instantly access your favorite games The full Steam library and all future Steam releases are at your fingertips. After you've purchased a game, download it immediately and start playing. • Join the Steam Community Now it's easy to find someone to play with, meet up with friends, connect with groups with similar interests, and host and join chats, matches, and tournaments. Best of all, it's all free. • Chat with your friends while gaming With Steam's "Friends" service, you can talk to your friends while you play. You can also see when they're playing games and easily join the same servers together. • Easily browse multiplayer game servers Steam's integrated server browser makes it easy to navigate thousands of Internet game servers. • Receive automatic game updates Hunting for patches and downloading from unorganized web sites is so twentieth-century. On Steam, your games stay up-to-date by themselves. No hassles. • Play your games on any PC Once you have a Steam account, you can sign in from any PC to access your games. Your games are associated with your account, not your computer. • Enjoy Steam-only special offers From pre-release discounts to free-play weekends, Steam delivers what gamers value most. If you wish to join [AS] on Steam please visit [link] and click the download icon to the right. Search for the Apocalypse Survivors in the Groups Section.

On July 20, 2009 the Apocalypse Survivors and the Apocalyptic Knights once again declared war on each other. With one the darkest hour of the Apocalypse Survivors' clan history friends turned on friends, allies turned on allies, BROTHERS turned on BROTHERS. Triggered by an insult the Apocalypse Survivors took AK's hostility as a declaration of war. [AS]_Macman once again disapproved of the clan battle and with good reasons. Macman left the Apocalypse Survivors during the clan war. Many other people disapproved of the clan war such as Jay, leader of the Seven Guardian Knights, Kyle, leader of the Russian Federation, and a few others. On July 22, 2009 at 5 pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) the Apocalypse Survivors and the Apocalyptic Knights had their first ever clan war. The Apocalypse Survivors lost the first game due to poor connection quality. The second game the Apocalypse Survivors played they won by basically one person. The first two games were played by the former [AS]_Macman who played for the enemy team, AK. The third and final game was played on July 23, 2009 and won by the Apocalypse Survivors in a slaughter. On Friday, July 24, 2009 the Apocalypse Survivors and the Apocalyptic Knights became allies again with the two leaders apologizing to one another. On July 25, 2009 [AS]_Macman was accepted back into the [AS] clan but under Senator. He is to regain the trust of the leader. The Apocalypse Survivors are now back to the good old days and united under the old motto: You Mess With One, You Mess With Us All! We're also united by Excellence, Tradition, and Brotherhood! The Apocalypse Survivors will be getting a new website on July 28, 2009. This website will be an overdue gift by the Apocalypse Survivors Emperor: [AS]_BlueFlame as a thank you to all the Apocalypse Survivors' members. This paid website will consist of no more errors or log in problems. It will also allow the Apocalypse Survivors to have an inferior website. From plug-ins to new themes to graphics, the Apocalypse Survivors will be ready for the new traffic flow coming July 28-29, 2009. In October 2009 the Apocalypse Survivors welcomed back their old co-founders [AS]_Gondor and [AS]_Survivor. We hope that with the edition of these two fine members we will strive for excellence and push our boundaries even further.

On November 24, 2009 the Apocalypse Survivors will turn 5 years old. A tribute MoR is to start in January or February, a huge celebration on the Apocalypse Survivors website is going to be shown, and many other activities will be going on. We at the Apocalypse Survivors thank you all who have helped us shape our history. We thank all the clans, the Apocalypse Survivors' members throughout the years, the Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots community, and everyone else who has helped us get to this point. We thank you all and we look forward to another 5 wonderful years, ENJOY!

The Apocalypse Survivors did not bring back the Masters League of RON as promised due to issues contacting MoR leaders. The Apocalypse Survivors do however plan to host a season sometime in the near future.

Tensions arise in January with the Army of Freedom clan once again! AOF returns to Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots due to inactivity and once again vows to dominate the Apocalypse Survivors. On January 28, 2010 the Apocalypse Survivors notice tensions arising within the Scenario Clan ( SC ) and come to the side of it's long time friend hoagieman. The Apocalypse Survivors offer to help him run his own clan as an [AS] Colony Clan. Thus on January 28, 2010 the Apocalypse Survivors became a mother clan once again. The Brothers of RON are born (BoR for Short). [AS]_Gondor and [AS]_PoRn_StAr are established as the [AS] Clan Representatives for the Apocalypse Survivors over BoR. Unlike SC, BoR is a clan of opportunity. It doesn't matter what type of game play you play. Scenarios, Standard, and Nomad are among the most popular. Hoagieman is the leader of Scenarios and targoon is the leader of nomad/standard. With the two leaders at hand the [AS] Colony quickly grows in strength and in numbers. This angers the SC clan and they ally with the Army of Freedom clan. The two form an alliance and federation to take down the [AS] clan. SC slowly dies out now dwindling in numbers they are assumed to be out of the clan war. AOF continues to make threats to both the Apocalypse Survivors and Brothers of RON. On May 5, 2010 [BoR]_hoagieman decides that running a clan isn't one of his interests and the Apocalypse Survivors decide that for the first time in clan history the [AS] Clan will now have a division for Scenarios ran by [AS]_hoagieman, [AS]_commander, and [AS]_Volksgrenadier. [AS]_Moscow is established as the [AS] Speaker of the Senate. Some BoR members follow [AS]_hoagieman and these members include: [BoR]Pimp_Masterflex, [BoR]Colonelcosal, [BoR]Valor, [BoR]icowwowmoo, [BoR]Scruffy and [BoR]Zappa. The Apocalypse Survivors now have a strong grip in the Scenario world of Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. [AS]_hoagieman also helps [AS]_appleheadnerd run [AS] on Xbox Live. [BoR]targoon remains loyal to the Apocalypse Survivors' Colony Clan and continues to run it on Xbox Live. [BoR]Lord_Teich runs the Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots division of BoR. The Apocalypse Survivors now stronger than ever await the rival Army of Freedom clan to schedule a clan battle for keeps.

On December 17, 2010 the Apocalypse Survivors released it's colony clan: Brothers of RON out of mutual respect and remain allies. We hope they continue to prosper. On December 17, 2010 the Army of Freedom leader [AOF]_Explosion returned vowing revenge once more and thus a clan battle is scheduled on January 1, 2011. On January 1, 2011 the Apocalypse Survivors go to the lobby at 7pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) and await for their Army of Freedom rivals expecting them to not even show, only to be surprised to see them arrive with a full three player team. The two clans battle it out and it seemed that the Apocalypse Survivors would come victorious when in their first game they steamroll the Army of Freedom clan. With their newest recruit [AS]_itachi he was promoted earlier in the week to Senate then to Adviser because of his unexpected role in helping the Apocalypse Survivors improving in skill and in numbers. [AS]_itachi, [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great, and [AS]_Zappa vs [AOF]_Doody, [AOF]_Falcao, and [AOF]_Frosty. [AOF]_Frosty resigned early in the game and it became a 3v2, and so the Apocalypse Survivors quickly took advantage, demolishing the Army of Freedom clan going up 1-0. In game 2 however, [AOF]_RedNeck, [AOF]_NoobiE, and [AOF]_Falcao joined the fight making it more difficult and ultimately defeating the stunned Apocalypse Survivors. [AS]'s team was [AS]_itachi, [AS]_Zappa, and [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great. In game 3 the same story haunted the Apocalypse Survivors and in a high stakes game where the loser becomes the winner's colony clan the Apocalypse Survivors meet defeat with the Apocalypse Survivors' team: [AS]_itachi, [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great, and [AS]_GlassPassenger. The game record is Apocalypse Survivors: 1 and Army of Freedom: 2 of 5. On January 15, 2011 a new clan battle date was scheduled to finish the series. January 29, 2011 is the game match, same time and place. With zero games to lose can the Apocalypse Survivors survive their oldest rivalry? Or will they become for the first time in their history the Army of Freedom Colony Clan? The Apocalypse Survivors lose to the Army of Freedom clan 3-1. The Apocalypse Survivors are forced to be the Army of Freedom colony clan. On February 5, 2011 the Apocalypse Survivors trick the Army of Freedom leader into releasing the [AS] clan. With the clan free the Apocalypse Survivors move forward in their recruiting and gaming.

On April 28, 2011  the next voting candidates for the Apocalypse Legends (Apocalypse Survivors Hall of Fame) were released. The candidates are as follows:

[AS]_Macman-long deserving of this award. He's a loyal member to the Apocalypse Survivors and has done so much for the clan and the website. Nothing bad can be said about this member he is what a TRUE LOYAL member is all about.

[AS]_Crazy_Horse- has been nothing but a recruiting machine! He's helped the Apocalypse Survivors recapture what was lost our strength and numbers on Rise of Nations. He recruited quite a few members, helped strengthen our reputation as a good clan, and helped train his fellow Apocalypse Survivors. Matter a fact he recruited the next and last Apocalypse Legend candidate:

[AS]_itachi-most people in the Apocalypse Survivors know what he's done for the clan. His accomplishments are most recent compared to the others. He's a great asset to the Apocalypse Survivors and I will dare to say that I can compare him to [AS]_Survivor. [AS]_Survivor may not be in the Apocalypse Legends but he was a HUGE contributor. The member closest to Survivor before itachi was [AS]_GlassPassenger. Most people don't know about [AS]_Survivor because he was around for a short time but in that short time he helped us establish a strong presence on Rise of Nations. With that said [AS]_itachi has done a lot for the Apocalypse Survivors from training to recruiting to posting regularly on the website to helping reshape the website to running [AS] on Rise of Nations.

This year's voting is the closest count in the Apocalypse Legends voting history. All candidates before this were voted in with a landslide vote. This year's voting may come down to the wire and may come down to the final day of vote: May 15, 2011. As hard as it is to vote for just ONE of these amazing talents only one can be voted in and they will receive the GREATEST honor in the Apocalypse Survivors clan, to be named with the LEGENDS OF THE APOCALYPSE SURVIVORS!!!

On May 5, 2011 the old member [AS]_Filbert returned to help the Apocalypse Survivors expand to Xbox Live. The Apocalypse Survivors have expanded to games such as Halo 2, Call of Duty: World At War, and Halo 3. We were successful but ended up leaving to go back to Rise of Nations. We hope with Filberts determination and leadership the Apocalypse Survivors will be successful for the long term. With that said on May 7, 2011 the Apocalypse Survivors release a new post pending a new Ranking System for each game they expand to, and also will be building a Government to oversee the entire clan including those in the ranks. This will be released shortly.

A new chapter unfolds as talks between the Apocalypse Survivors' old colony clan Brothers of RON may merge. The talks pay off when on May 9, 2011 at 11:59 pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) the Brothers finally return to the Family they belong to: Apocalypse Survivors! With Pimp-Masterflex helping run the Standard/Nomad section of the clan with well known [AS]_itachi and hoagieman returning back to his old position running the Scenario section of the clan the Apocalypse Survivors are now an unstoppable, all around dominating machine. When BoR was given its independence on December 17, 2010 it turned into a successful clan in both Scenarios and Standard/Nomad. The Apocalypse Survivors and Brothers of RON never broke their ties as they had the most tight bond, the most tight alliance possible: BROTHERS! Since they got their independence the Apocalypse Survivors also observed their old colony and have strong leadership skills in at the time [BoR]_Pimp-Masterflex. This definitely caught the eye of the Apocalypse Survivors' leader [AS]_BlueFlame. In early May [AS]_BlueFlame offered them a merge once more. BoR was hesitant to merge as they were a very successful clan. Then a tired Pimp offered a counter proposal which ended up being accepted by [AS]_BlueFlame, a proposal to make him equal Advisors with [AS]_itachi in Standard/Nomad section of the oldest clan on Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. So, then on May 19, 2011 at 11:59 pm Central Standard Time (-6 GMT) the Apocalypse Survivors made history with the biggest merge ever with their old colony clan: Brothers of RON. All were welcomed with open arms, the loyal followed, and some left, some are going to rebuild BoR. One in particular is [BoR]_Midnight_Spirit. He will inherit the reins of one of the most successful all around clans in Rise of Nations. He will also keep a close alliance with the Apocalypse Survivors and so with different leadership the strongest bond, the strongest alliance, and the strongest friendship will remain, the Apocalypse Survivors and the Brothers of RON will remain: ALLIES! Midnight_Spirit joins the Apocalypse Survivors leaving BoR up in the air. The Apocalypse Survivors grow ever stronger with this acquisition.

The New/Old Era Begins: The year 2011 has hit the long time [AS] Leader/Founder hard personally and on December 24, 2011 the last remaining Apocalypse Survivors Founder steps down reinstating the original clan ranks, it's Old Republic System of 3 Leaders and 4 Co-Leaders. Together these 7 voted in by their peers will lead the Apocalypse Survivors in the new age, the future of the Apocalypse Survivors lay in their hands. The New/Old Era Begins with no more Founders remaining active in the Apocalypse Survivors.

In Late 2011, {FOG}Valladares, an old BoR member who had strained relationships with [AS]_Pimp-Masterflex and [AS]_hoagieman at the time, decided to expand his clan in the scenario world to rival AS' superiority in the game type. Initially, Pimp had given Val advice on the right moves to start his clan months before, which Val did months later. By the beginning of 2012, Val had accumulated a large number of players in his clan, many of whom had an anti-Pimp sentiment, but most were noobs/scrubs just for the sake of increasing the size of FOG. This in turn created an anti-Pimp and a pro-Pimp rift in the scenario world (but further generalized in anti-AS and pro-AS). FOG conducted controversial policies of ganging and funding to destroy the morale of AS (most prominently demonstrated by {FOG}Sirgoc and {FOG}Blood_Engine). After failed negotiations with the FOG leader, Pimp decided to fight fire with fire and decided to kill FOG by any means necessary. He ordered the ganging of FOG members, he stole one of FOG's best players (who is now [AS]_falas), and AS members (but Pimp and Hoagie most prominently) went after every FOG in every game they played, while also smurfing inside FOG to gather details on the clan. With no advice going to Val anymore, Val's failed leadership tactics caused FOG to crumble by itself, and with AS' Cold War tactics against FOG, the clan imploded within itself through member inactivity. Pimp pulled the smurfs, which caused FOG membership to fall even further, leaving the clan virtually dead. The AS-FOG Cold War is notable for reaffirming AS superiority in scenarios, and increasing its membership of very skilled members, such as [AS]_falas6eny, [AS]_GeneralPaton, [AS]_The_Egyptian (was an AS before but played during this time), and [AS]_WhiteSensation.

On June 5, 2012, the Apocalypse Survivors created a new Government. The new government was created when [AS]_BlueFlame returned to retain his active leadership in AS after 6 months of retirement. When he returned to the clan, he decided to keep the Triumvirate, but temporarily created the title of Clan Overlord, superseding the 3-man Leadership. The Triumvirate, consisting of [AS]_Pimp-Masterflex, [AS]_GlassPassenger, and [AS]_hoagieman, were initially supportive of the original leader coming back to reclaim his throne. However, disagreements between Blue and the Triumvirate over creative control of government developments and power sharing ultimately ended in Blue leaving any leadership control forever. With this, the government was temporarily in a state of confusion with no clear legitimate leader, but only with Pimp having much political capital in his favor as the boss, unilaterally leading AS to continue its policies and its growth. With the temporary departure of [AS]_hoagieman due to college, Pimp remained the sole figurehead of AS and Scenarios.''' '''

Up until October 2012, AS enjoyed a great summer of activity and benefited from the monopoly it controlled after its victory against FOG almost a year before. However, with many players becoming very inactive, October 2012 became the slowest, most inactive month of the year for AS. People, such as [AS]_Gescher, became inactive due to personal problems. Other players once recruited became inactive due to schoolwork or lack of interest. Pimp knew that the situation he faced was the same that he faced almost exactly 2 years ago when he created the revival of BoR. He knew that the leadership needed to be more active and involved to pursue a new recruitment strategy and to expand the clan in terms of activity, or else the clan, as well as Scenarios, would suffer a long period of stagnation. Pimp, knowing full well that his unilateral action was not enough due to his own personal commitments, established a meeting with almost the entire active clan, proposing that the active leadership be shifted to [AS]_falas and [AS]_AZTX, while Pimp acts as the Clan Overseer, advising the two new leaders and establishing AS' position with other clans and maintaining clan authority outside the RoN Lobby. [AS]_GlassPassenger and [AS]_hoagieman would serve as Consultant, as passive advisers in terms of internal maintenance of the clan, in which the Overseer would also advise on certain projects. During this meeting, the clan almost unanimously supported the proposal, and the two new leaders were initiated as the new active leaders. With the new government in place, and a new recruitment policy enforced by Pimp, Falas, and AZ, November 2012 proved to be the clan's most successful month, rivaling IND's and LAT's momentum and growth. With this new course of action, although Pimp still enforced and advised many policies of the new active leadership, this foreshadows a Post-Pimp period of the AS and Scenario world, paving the way for a leader that would inherit Pimp's legacy in time, as Pimp inherited Hoagie's legacy when he revived BoR.

In December of 2012, a huge shock came to the Rise of Nations World, as the GameSpy server stopped showing games in the lobby, effectively destroying all multiplayer games on RoN. After years of speculation and joking, the worst case scenario befell on AS and the RoN World. The Multiplayer world was scattered in a frenzy of disorder and confusion. After some initial infighting, Pimp felt it was necessary for AS to take the lead of relief until one of his friends, {-t2sa-}TGCVugi, could solve a permanent solution. He decided to maintain precedence of the active government role and to have everyone collaborate in cooperative solutions, rather than a historically unilateral solution by Pimp. Pimp felt it was best to enact a massive information campaign, informing people of news and updates of solutions to the problem. When [AS]_Zappa discovered Tunngle and when Pimp tested it to be a great temporary solution, Pimp told everyone to spread the word of Tunngle and to let everyone join to gather everyone into one lobby again. All of AS did its part to spread the word and to reconnect the RoN Lobby as much as possible into Tunngle. The site became a temporary safe-haven for other players, as well as a research center for news regarding the situation for all to be informed. Vugi was able to create a solution to the problem with a new patch for RoN. Although initially buggy, Vugi was able to maintain a server for the patch, which is now maintained by [VoG]_Coulty. Once again, although Pimp maintained a leadership presence, he once again pursued a more passive role to allow an eventual successor to his legacy for a new era for the future of Scenarios and AS.

April 2013 - March 2014

The Apocalypse Survivors (Apocalyptic Fleet at the time of founding) successfully expanded to Star Trek Online and are founded on April 06, 2013 by the original founder Ryan Hake@rhblueflame ([AS]_BlueFlame on Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots). The fleet started off small with some brief help from Alexander@cards55 (brief meaning about two weeks) the fleet slowly recruited. Vrel@nyrexx and Miles@Reese1 were among the first  recruits. Ryan Hake@rhblueflame for the most part managed to get the fleet to Tier III on his own. After finally reaching Tier III the fleet started to recruit more heavily. Our major mentionables  from our beginnings are below:

* El'Ember@elemberq333 played a huge role in getting the fleet's Embassy to Tier III as well as contributing Dilithium in other areas of the fleet. She was also known for getting groups together for PvE.

* Vrel@nyrexx was a helpful veteran STO player that joined the fleet in its infancy. He helped answer new member questions and played a key role in filling the fleet projects.

* Miles@Reese1 was also an extremely helpful veteran member. Miles is one of the older members that played a HUGE role in getting the fleet to Tier V with maxed out holdings. He also was helpful in answering questions, organizing PvE groups, filling fleet projects, joining in the fleet's weekly PvP, and became a great leader for the Apocalyptic Fleet.

* Seide@seidel01 came to the fleet and quietly rose through the ranks. Most known for filling the much needed fleet projects and organizing or joining in on PvE and PvP. A HUGE reason the fleet reached Tier V with maxed out holdings.

* Morgana@achatefw became the first official Fleet Banker. He then quickly became a knowledgeable member helping members with ship builds and other questions. Helped with fleet projects and joined in on PvEs. Another HUGE reason the fleet reached Tier V with maxed out holdings. He also took on the major challenge of Fleet Webmaster.

* Glaza Pain@glaza was a huge help with fleet projects, PvE and PvP. A ship building and project contributer that was a huge part in the fleet reaching Tier V with maxed out holdings.

* Sterling Archer@lumpkin1 was another big reason the fleet reached Tier V with maxed out holdings. He helped members with any question they may have had. He was a huge PvPer and a very good one at that. Matter of fact he would help anyone with a ship build geared towards PvP.

The plaque that is on the front page is also displayed below to show how proud we are for those who have served with us and helped us get to where we are today. They may have moved on to other fleets or to other games entirely but they are never forgotten. Below are the ones unmentioned above and are just as important:

With this 'Band of Brothers and Sisters' the fleet quickly grew in numbers. Building a friendly and fun community it also reached maximum holdings: Starbase Tier V, Embassy Tier III, Dilithium Mine Tier III, and Spire Tier III in 11 months (average time for a fleet from founding to max is typically 12 months to 13 months).

This is all for the Apocalypse History. We hope you enjoyed our history as much as we do and we hope to have a bright and prosperous future.